A Slippery Slope

Tonight when I got home from work, I wandered into the house and asked the kids if they wanted to go for a walk and check out the rink. We had lots of rain here earlier this week. It's since moved out and been replaced by a bit of snow and increasingly colder temperatures. The kids grabbed their saucers and we headed east. While I took my time walking down each slippery slope, the kids flew down the hills grinning, as usual, from ear to ear. They do make me laugh. Back at the frozen bog, the rink has definitely expanded. It's rough around the edges but is wider than it had been a week ago. Ri and I both heard cracking in spots as we started to walk across it. Another couple nights of frigid temperatures should fix that.


Last winter, the portion to the south was cut and made for great skating. This past year was too wet to do anything with it and the bulrushes have again taken over. But the rain that enveloped the rushes has turned to ice and we may be able to clear a path for skating. That'd be kind of fun, I think.